symbolic voting

The upcoming vote on the repeal of the health care legislation is a clear example of what I call irresponsible voting in the House. It is a vote that will have no consequences, essentially a free vote for each representative because there is no chance that the result of the vote will have any effect on the health care law or any other aspect of government. It is pure political posturing, and as such it is a waste of valuable time that could be applied to real legislation. Congress has enough trouble getting anything done as it is to waste its time posing. I am not in favor of getting rid of the health care legislation, but the Republicans are in the majority in the House, and they should be able to make the changes they feel are necessary to it, even if this means defunding parts of it. But this is real legislation, not just theatre. Symbolic votes are for me only evidence of the basic weakness of the House under the present structure.